One of the key points of entry into shared governance for students, staff and faculty is an election. Consider running for a seat on an assembly. Be a voice for your constituency.

The Student Assembly and the Employee Assembly conduct annual elections; the graduate students internally caucus while the professional schools appoint reprepentatives to the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly; and representatives on the University Assembly are elected or appointed by the constituent assemblies. There are two student-elected trustees (one undergraduate and one graduate or professional), one employee-elected trustee, and two faculty-trustees elected in staggered terms.

Annual Elections

Student Assembly Elections

All registered undergraduates are eligible to run for election, and also to vote for your representatives. Elections are held annually in the spring and fall.

Employee Assembly

Constituent-Elected Trustees

Cornell is one of relatively few institutions in the nation to allow its campus constituencies to directly elect representatives to its highest governing body. In alternating years with the graduate and professional students, an undergraduate will be elected by fellow students to serve as a full voting member on the Board of Trustees. Staff and faculty members are elected to four-year terms.

Upcoming Elections

Employee-Elected Trustee Special Election - Spring 2018

This Special Election is to fill a vacancy for two-years of an unexpired four-year term on the Board of Trustees at Cornell University. Cornell is one of relatively few institutions in the nation to allow employees to directly elect a representative to its highest governing body.